The world waits and at times even doubts - But right when the world is about to give up - God delivers

Today at Holy Mass we are told in the first reading from the Book of Samuel that God will rise up an heir to save his people…..God works in plain sight “under the radar”…But make no mistake - He is at work………”I will raise up your heir after you, sprung from your loins, and I will make his Kingdom firm. I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me. Your house and your Kingdom shall endure forever before me; your throne shall stand firm forever”……..Historically speaking - Whenever mankind “screws up” everything beyond a point where nothing can be done to fix the situation - God ALWAYS rises up a person to address the situation….Again, all you have to do is read and see for your self - In comes a saint and somehow the people regain their "sight" and alter their direction….God has not abandoned his people and he makes every “crooked road” straight…But why do people respond to saints? - Because saints radiate the love of God…Saints make individuals and society look deep within themselves…This is why we must strive to become a holy people…..Each and every Catholic - If you want to make a difference in this life - The only thing that will make people stop and even consider changing is the example of a holy life….Whether you are a priest, bishop, cardinal or sitting in the back row of the Church…..People do not listen to words most times - But the witness of a holy life stops traffic….And this is why we hear today at Mass a promise from God…That he has not forgotten the human race…He will rise up saints - Because only saints change the world.

“O Radiant Dawn, splendor of eternal light, sun of justice: come and shine on those who dwell in darkness and in the shadow of death.”

One YES can do many things….A person fully committed to God will shake the foundations of the world………..Angelo Romeo was an academic born in Sicily and was educated at the finest schools in Italy…He took a job in Rome at a University and lived a good life by the standards of the world….After a trip to Kolkata, India serving the poor with Mother Teresa's sisters, Angelo went back to Rome and started an outreach program in the city, serving the poor….And the organization he founded in Rome has grown and grown gaining the attention of many across Italy…..This is an example of one person and one YES……Erik Lepargneux was a French student who came from a well to do family…He traveled to Kolkata to serve the poor…..He returned home to France to get a job as a Commodity trader making tons of money at a bank…But the experience of India kept “calling to him”…He resigned from his position as a trader and is now a Dominican priest studying in Rome……Again - One person and one Yes……..Gene Principe owned two bars in Harlem New York…His brother was a priest but Gene was the “black sheep” of the family…That was until he met Mother Teresa and the encounter changed his life…For the next four decades Gene served the poor of New York City relentlessly…..One more story - One more person - One more YES…..These are real people…..Have you encountered the living God? - People change - This does not happen because of arguments or mere words - But how? - I will tell you how - God is real and if we authentically encounter him - There is NO WAY one can be the same afterwards…..Dr Peter Kreeft from Boston College put it best in his book Jesus Shock……….“Those who meet Jesus always experience either joy or its opposites, either foretastes of Heaven or foretastes of Hell. Not everyone who meets Jesus is pleased, and not everyone is happy, but everyone is shocked”……..God continues to work in the world and as he does, from the masses of humanity, saints will rise up once again!…..Why? - Because our world needs them - Its the only “argument” the world responses too - The life of a holy man or woman - Such a life "stops traffic"….And in turn the world changes for the better

“He has raised up for us a mighty Savior, born of the house of his servant David. Through his prophets he promised of old that he would save us from our enemies, from the hands of all who hate us”

Today we are told at Mass….God will rise up an heir to the throne of David…..And “rise up”someone he sure did! - Jesus was that person and the world has not been the same since his birth…But until the time of Jesus' second coming - Work needs to be done…And that work is left to YOU and ME….One person at a time - One YES at a time….The world waits and at times even doubts - But right when the world is about to give up - God delivers…………JMJ

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